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25 'Minecraft' Creations That Will Blow Your Flippin' Mind

25 'Minecraft' Creations That Will Blow Your Mind

1. Ancient Metropolis

"The Golden City" lives on a collaborative server (we assume in Creative Mode) where players are committed to extremely ornate architecture. Spires, temples, fountains and even hot air balloons punctuate this ancient cityscape. Check out the album for the full scope.

3. Space Shuttle

4. The Bedrock Dome

Two players on a private server piqued Reddit's interest when they committed to digging an enormous hole down to the bedrock (the lowest point you can reach in Minecraft) and sealing it up with a giant glass dome. It may not be the most beautiful architecture ever conceived, but it was done "legit" in Survival Mode -- meaning, every single block was painstakingly mined, processed and placed by hand.

The result is a giant, artificial biome the players chronicled on their website.

5. One Block = One-Inch Scale Model of My Bedroom

This odd, myopic little build is actually quite impressive when you think about it. It's a replica of the builder's real-life bedroom, complete with closets, windows, a desk, a computer -- even a mess of wires near the wall.

One Minecraft block is a meter cubed, so the scale here is actually pretty massive, affording the creator a granular level of detail. See the full album for all the angles.

9. Minas Tirith (The Lord of the Rings)

10. Minecraft Interstate

We can't all be architects. Sometimes you just gotta mine. In one direction. For 24 hours over two months.

Lay track the entire distance (eight miles, in-game) and set your mine cart's cruise control. The result is a lovely video that will take you through the procedurally generated landscape of the game - a half hour ride, condensed into about 3.5 minutes.

Its creator used mods to generate rail resources and change some textures, but it's an accomplishment nonetheless. It even caught the attention of Minecraft creator Markus "Notch" Persson in the early days of the game's development.

17. The Battlestar Galactica

Nerd alert. This work-in-progress star ship from the eponymous TV series is built to scale, with 5 million+ blocks and counting. It features a hanger deck, working lifts, control rooms and a drive core, among other interior spaces.

While you might assume this was ported into the game via a 3D model (a common practice for large-scale replicas), a friend of its creator assures protesters in a Reddit thread that it's not. This gallery shows how the framework came together, block by block.

You can download the world file and keep tabs on the project over at Planet Minecraft.

18. Mousecraft

This builder created a one-bedroom apartment at massive scale. Remember, one block is a meter cubed, so you're looking at a fridge as tall as a skyscraper.

The details here, from the broom and dustpan, to the fish tank, to the food inside the fridge, make this Creative Mode masterpiece a memorable one. Check out all the angles to get a sense of the scale.

23. Marine Traffic

24. The Tower of Babel

A modern architectural spin on the biblical tower, the gallery of its completion includes a blueprint citing 100 floors, 7 million blocks and 90,000 lights. The interior and crowning dome are pretty cool up close.

Even if you haven't played Minecraft, it's likely you have a child, friend or online pal who's obsessed with the creative building game.

Since 2009, there have been two kinds of Minecraft players: those who simply enjoy exploring and building in its blocky, procedurally-generated worlds; and those who create monumental works of mind-blowing art and machinery — many of which go viral in online gaming communities.

Some purists are only interested in "legit" builds; those completed in Survival Mode, where every block must be mined, processed and placed by hand. Others feel more free in Creative Mode, where every material is at your fingertips in infinite quantities. Builds in each mode mean different things in terms of effort, time and creativity, and we've accounted for that when selecting these 25 accomplishments.

They range from stunning architecture to pixel art to complex contraptions. Some employ "mods" (player-made game modifications) and some are pure. All of them are testaments to the power of the most successful indie video game of all time.

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